Renewing the domestic environment is a procedure that, very often, is performed to restore freshness and novelty in the place we live. Replacing some furnishing elements or changing the colour of the walls are procedures that require the help of professionals, in order to enhance the home and the personality of those who live there. The awareness of the use of color, and the investment that comes with it, are important elements not to be underestimated. The help of a solid renovation activity is essential to achieve the goals set and make your home more beautiful and habitable.
The choice of colour for the walls can be inspired by the famous oriental art of Feng Shui or by colour therapy, the well-known psychology of colour. Bearing in mind that the choice can be closely linked to an aesthetic value, there are some tricks that should be taken into account when deciding to use a certain shade for the home walls.
How to match the colors of the walls of the house
Black and white house walls
The base of the color: black and white
The first thing to consider when painting a wall is the size of the wall. Black, although an elegant colour and linked to luxury and value, is highly discouraged when the room is rather small. Black, in fact, is a color that absorbs like a sponge all the light inside a room, making the furniture appear smaller than it really is.
On the contrary, white is an excellent color that reflects the light, widens the environments and at the level of perception the furniture may seem larger. White is also the colour of purity and seriousness, used by most architects and interior designers to enhance clean and elegant spaces and lines. Being an apparently cold colour, it can be combined with the heat that the wood naturally emits.
Which shade to choose?
Before painting, it is important to study the environment: the furniture, the floor and the fixtures. There are no particular rules to follow, except that of enhancing what already exists and modernizing the rest.
Three different bright shades, fashionable in recent years, we find red, orange, yellow and ultramarine blue, suitable for modern and youthful environments. These shades are a perfect match for white window frames, parquet floors and furniture from any period.
The neutral shades, like all the shades of beige, brown, dark green and grey, are suitable for a refined and elegant environment, perhaps even for an activity. These shades are perfect for homes with ceramic, terracotta or gress floors. They fit perfectly with wooden frames and with furniture that bring out the veins.
How to match the colors of the walls of the house
Which color to choose for your home walls
Cold and warm colours
One of the most used cold colours is undoubtedly blue, in its different shades. Mostly used for the walls of boys' bedrooms, it is also one of the symbols of Greek architecture, alongside white. Although it is a cold colour it is also relaxing and at the same time lively, able to be raised to its best splendour when combined with a parquet floor.
Among the warm colors are definitely red and orange, giving strength and brightness in large and spacious rooms. Yellow is also a warm shade par excellence, often used in workplaces where it encourages creative and humoral stimulation.
There are also secondary colours, such as purple and green, which require more than one piece of advice. These two colours in particular are difficult to dose and above all to combine with the furniture. The use of these shades requires the support of professionals so as not to make the rooms uninhabitable or tasteless.
All the walls or just one?
There is no precise rule, the modern design suggests to paint one wall, or at most two, of a bright color while the others of a neutral color or white. This effect allows the environment to have light and depth and at the same time to bring out the elements of the furniture. You can also dare and paint a portion of the wall, perhaps with the use of geometric shapes, it all depends on your creativity.
How to match the colours of your home walls
Paint the walls of the house
The effects: from glitter to stone
In addition to the choice of color, today you can have a wide choice of effects. Some decorative paints can be enhanced with very interesting visual effects. Metallic, spatulate, glitter, satin and striped are just some of the examples on the market. If you want to imitate the surface of natural stone, there are effects that can be used to restore the surface of natural stone.